Abstract
The present study aimed to assess the deficits in executive
functioning, visual motor functioning and working memory in
patients with schizophrenia using various neuropsychological
protocols. Participants were 25 schizophrenia patients who were
referred by senior psychiatrists from the outpatient psychiatry
departments of Rawalpindi General Hospital & Military Hospital
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. All patients were clinically stable for the
administration of neuropsychological tests and maintained their
daily medication protocol/intake. Executive functioning was
assessed using Trails B, Stroop Color Task and Stroop Color
Word Test (SCT & SCWT) and Controlled Oral Word
Association test (COWA). Visual motor functioning was
assessed by Trails A, Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test and
Mazes test. Working Memory was assessed by subtests of
Wechsler Memory Scale: Word-List I, Letter Number
Sequencing (LNS) and Digit Span. Patients with more than 3
years of history of illness performed poorly on tests of executive
functioning, visual motor and working memory as compared to
patients with less than 3 years illness.
Najma Najam, Fatima Abdullah. (2008) Executive Cognitive Functioning, Visual Motor Functioning and Working Memory Deficits in Schizophrenics , Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 18, Issue 1-2.
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